Mentuhotep II

Mentuhotep II (died 2010 BC) was Pharaoh of Egypt from 2061 to 2010 BC, succeeding Intef III and preceding Mentuhotep III.

Biography
Mentuhotep was the son of Pharaoh Intef III and his sister-wife Iah, and, in 2061 BC, he became the first ruler of Middle Kingdom Egypt. The first 14 years of his reign were peaceful, but the rival 10th Dynasty of Herakleopolis rose up in the north in 2047 BC. Mentuhotep crushed the 10th Dynasty and reunified Egypt, and he was thereafter considered by his subjects to be divine or half-divine. He then had his vizier Khety launch expeditions into Nubia, garrisoning the island fortress of Elephantine in order to facilitate his campaigns. He died in 2010 BC after a 51-year reign.